One of the leading global providers of information and communication technology and smart devices, Huawei, has just launched a Cloud and Artificial Intelligence Innovation Centre.

The South-African based programme was created to improve the growth of the economy, drive knowledge transfer and innovation through app development in the AI niche.

Huawei mentioned that this innovation will allow developers all over Africa the access to its services remotely. The Innovation Center, according to the company, will be based at the South African headquarters of the tech giant in Woodmead, Johannesburg.

The AI and Cloud services will tutor users on AI supply chains, the best application of AI, and also help in developing young talents in the AI industry.

During the 2020 edition of the Huawei Cloud Summit Africa themed “Building an Intelligent Africa“,

Huawei’s president, Ray Rui said,

“AI will be crucial to the evolution of the society and growth of industries in the future. Also, we believe that when economic opportunities flourish, everyone benefits, hence, the creation of the Huawei Cloud and AI Innovation Centre.”

Likewise, some other individuals at the summit spoke on the industrial transformations brought about by AI.

Technological innovations like automated mining, precision agriculture, smart cities, self-driving cars, and smart cities are already AI-driven.

More than a dozen individuals who happen to be Huawei Cloud partners all over Africa were also present at the summit. They all made inputs on how AI and Cloud technologies were changing their respective industries and the benefits of AI technology in the advancement of the economy.

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As Vuma begins the expansion of its initiative to provide schools with free internet, the company has successfully launched the Free Fibre to Schools programme in Limpopo, South Africa.

Before now, primary and secondary schools situated along Polokwane have been provided with a free 1Gbps fibre line. Polokwane is home to one of Vuma’s fibre deployment infrastructure; thus, making it easy to supply schools in the area with fast fibre internet.

Already, Adsum Academy alongside Laerskool Pietersburg – Oos are beneficiaries of this initiative. Both institutions received fibre installations, and connections with Capricom and the initiative promises to connect more schools shortly.

Recently, Vuma welcomed the fibre-to-home service in Polokwane, and this led to the launch of the free fibre internet in Limpopo. Currently, Vuma’s fibre connections are active in areas like Bendor, Flaura park, Welgelegen, Annadale, Fauna Park, and Sterpark.

The CEO of Vuma, Dietlof Mare says, ‘’Fast fibre internet is the solution to reliable and efficient e-learning experience. Although the fibre internet initiative is still in the early stages of adoption in the country. South Africa is privileged for the steps taken to make fibre technology a reality over the last decade,’’

In partnership with internet service providers in its network, Vuma started the Fibre to Schools programme with Parkhurst Primary School, Hoerskool Linden, and Greenside High back in 2016. Since then, over 380 schools across Johannesburg, Durban, Ekurhuleni, and Cape Town have been connected to the service.

For schools to benefit from this initiative, the school must be registered with either the Independent Examinations Board or the Department of Basic Education.

With a rapid and reliable fibre connectivity, schools are given the opportunity to equip learning environments with smart devices and platforms that ensure learners have access to relevant e-learning opportunities without interruption.

Recently, the South African arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprises appointed two persons to fill up roles at the sales and distribution team. The company selected Tumi Kgonare and Sandile Dube as its new Distribution Team Head and Sales and Channel Manager respectively.

The Enterprise stated that these appointments are to cushion and reinforce HPE’s support in the local market while providing channel partners with their services.

With more than 30 years of combined experience in marketing, channel and distribution, product management, and various ICT roles, Kgonare and Dube bring with them a wealth of industry knowledge.

In a statement, Kgonare commented on her new role; she says she is happy to be the head of the Enterprise’s technology innovation team.

‘’I feel extremely fortunate to be selected for this position in such an exciting time for enterprise technology. I am passionate about my job and look forward to growing our distribution business, especially in the SMB market.’’

Before HPE, Dube was the sales head for Britehouse, a division of Dimension Data Middle East of Africa.

‘’Going forward, I hope to continue building on HPE’s ethos by reinforcing a culture of accountability and ownership,’’ said Dube.

Mipango Fintech just launched a new app that will provide Tanzanians with free personal financial management.

The app is a personal finance mobile application that allows users to monitor and manage their income, expenses, financial targets, help and offerings, and savings. It makes use of Artificial Intelligence to guide users to better financial management towards attaining financial freedom.

The Mipango app operates in Swahili and aims at supporting Tanzanians in managing their expenses and also provides them with the opportunity to set up budgets, analyze their costs, and track their financial life.

In a statement, co-founder of Mipango Fintech, Lilian Makoi said, financial literacy is a crucial gap in the growth of this market. A more significant percentage of Tanzanian adults do not keep track of their expenses and have no financial goals. This leads the majority to abject poverty as they engage in lousy debt practices.

The company aims to change the way the citizens of Tanzania relate to money by launching this application. Apart from the tracking of the user’s income and expenses, the app will also help users manage loans and provide them with access to relevant investment opportunities.

‘’The company expects to have more than 1 million downloads within the first twelve months of launch,’’ Lilian added.

‘’This launch has three features. Create your financial profile, set up your monthly budget, and record your daily to monthly expenses. With swift access to your financial data, you should be in more control of your finances than before,’’ says Chris Rabi, Mipango Fintech co-founder.